Analysis Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t? The majors have cashed in $1bn in shares despite optimism from Wall Street. Why?
Analysis Blog ‘Big data is about to become a very big problem for the music industry.’ The co-founder of OCL suggests that Facebook's problems may soon spill over into the entertainment business
News AWAL hires Aaron Bogucki as Vice President, Digital Marketing Based in the company's London office, Bogucki will oversee digital marketing campaigns for the AWAL roster
Analysis Blog ‘A golden age for music is dawning – with the old gatekeepers all but gone’ WIN chief Alison Wenham analyzes the music industry figures from the past two weeks
News Can Sony break another major new British artist out of Europe? After going platinum in France in Italy, will Tom Walker follow in the footsteps of George Ezra and Rag N Bone Man?
News MCPR celebrates ten years in business with raft of promotions Founder Murray Chalmers will now assume a Chairman role
News Spotify: ‘We’re the R&D department for the entire music industry.’ Spotify's Chief Product Officer, Gustav Söderström, on the contribution of the service to the global business
News J Cole breaks both Apple Music and Spotify’s day one stream record in the US… with some surprising numbers Spotify obtains 36.7m US streams from KOD on day one. Apple Music gets 64.5m.
Interviews ‘We will pay significant sums for the right deals – but we do best with artists who want their legacies properly valued.’ Primary Wave's Larry Mestel on the evolution of his company - and its $400m+ spending power
News Facebook signs music licensing deals with Merlin, Beggars Group, [PIAS] and Ingrooves Agreements follow similar deals with Universal and Warner
Blog ‘Everyone who comes into the venue should feel like they’ve had the time of their lives’ Bradley Thompson, MD of Broadwick Venues, on Printworks and more
Interviews Who is Sat Bisla? The MUSEXPO founder explains his journey through the music business - and his philosophy on life
Analysis If Universal’s going to go public, Vivendi should strike while the iron’s hot Why now might be the right time for the French media giant to make its move
News Secretly Group restructures marketing department with new hires Independent label hires Robby Morris from Matador and promotes Hannah Carlen
News Spotify acquires mechanical licensing tech platform Loudr Loudr specializes in automatically identifying composer data